At NATO, allies commit to spending hike sought by Trump, and to mutual defence

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SHOWS: Security in the Dutch city of The Hague was high on Wednesday (June 25) as leaders arrived for a NATO summit. (4689-NATO-SUMMIT/SECURITY)

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1. NATO BANNER NEAR SUMMIT VENUE

2. MILITARY PERSONNEL ON GUARD

3. POLICE AND MILITARY TALKING BY FENCE

4. MILITARY BY FENCE

NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte was confident the alliance would agree to raise its defence spending target to 5% on Wednesday (June 25), despite objections from some members. (4690-NATO-SUMMIT/RUTTE)

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5. NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARK RUTTE, ARRIVING AND ENTERING BUILDING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARK RUTTE, SAYING:

"The countries have to find the money. It's not easy. These are political decisions. I totally recognise that. But at the same time, there is absolute conviction with my colleagues at the table that, given this threat from the Russians, given the international security situation, there is no alternative. We've got to do this, really."

U.S. President Donald Trump held a breakfast meeting with the Dutch king and queen on Wednesday (June 25) morning ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague. (4968-NATO-SUMMIT/TRUMP-ROYALS)

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7. DOORS INSIDE PALACE OPENING

8. VARIOUS OF U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH KING WILLEM-ALEXANDER AND QUEEN MAXIMA OF THE NETHERLANDS

NATO allies will ramp up defence spending to counter the threat that Russia is posing to Europe's security, not to curry favour with anyone, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday (June 25) as he arrived to a NATO summit in The Hague. (4951-NATO-SUMMIT/ARRIVAL MERZ)

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9. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ, SAYING:

"I assume that we will make a joint decision today to provide NATO with significantly better resources in the future. We will take a decision that in the future NATO will make an additional 3.5% and 1.5% available for infrastructure for our armed forces. All of this will take place with great consensus, because we agree that the threat situation has changed and the threat is Russia in particular. Russia not only threatens Ukraine, Russia threatens the entire peace, the entire political order of our continent."

Asked about Article 5 of NATO's charter, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday (June 25) ahead of a meeting of world leaders at the military alliance's summit: "We're with them all the way." (4782-NATO-SUMMIT/TRUMP-RUTTE)

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10. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, AND NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, MARK RUTTE, MEETING

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"We're with them all the way, I mean if you take a look at the numbers, we're with them. And there are very big things to announce today, I don't know if you've taken the vote or if you're going to take the vote, but I've been asking them to go up to 5% (in defence spending) for a number of years, and they're going up to 5%."

12. MEETING IN PROGRESS

U.S. President Donald Trump says he 'had to use strong language' in comments on Israel and Iran. He also said the damage to Iranian nuclear sites from missile strikes over the weekend was severe, though he also acknowledged that the available intelligence on the matter was inconclusive. (4973-NATO-SUMMIT/TRUMP-IRAN)

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13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE SAYING:

TRUMP: "(On Israel and Iran) They're not going to be fighting each other. They've had it. They've had a big fight, like two kids in a schoolyard. You know, they fight like hell. You can't stop them. Let them fight for about two, three minutes. Then it's easier to stop them."

RUTTE: "And then daddy has to sometimes use strong language."

TRUMP: "You have to use strong language, every once in a while, you have to use a certain word." (REFERENCING USE OF PROFANITY THE DAY BEFORE SAYING ISRAEL AND IRAN "DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY'RE DOING")

An Australian comedian impersonating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un staged a satirical protest outside the NATO summit venue in The Hague on Wednesday (June 25). (4996-NATO-SUMMIT/KIM IMPERSONATOR)

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14. NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN IMPERSONATOR, HOWARD X (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), POSING WITH INFLATABLE BALLOON MISSILE WITH TEXT READING (English): “(U.S. President Donald) Trump’s here to negotiate peace – (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s peace” and “Europe, my troops are already in Ukraine. Where are yours?”

15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN IMPERSONATOR, HOWARD X (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

“I'm coming to see my good friend Donald Trump. As you know, Donald Trump is now on the side of autocracy, not democracy. So I'm here to give him encouragement, here to destroy democracy in Europe.”

French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on Wednesday (June 25) that Europe will spend more on defence to be better equipped to face the Russian threat, but said European countries cannot be asked to spend more as they also face a trade war. (4798-NATO-SUMMIT/MACRON)

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16. (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING:

"We're doing all of this - let me remind you and put this back in the middle of discussions - because there is a Russian threat. I said a couple of months ago to our fellow citizens, for years now, we have been living through the third Russian war in Europe, which brings this threat."

Russia is not strong enough to represent a real threat to NATO as the alliance is "far stronger," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday (June 25). NATO also has no business in Ukraine, Orban added ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague. (4941-NATO-SUMMIT/ARRIVALS-MORE)

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17. REPORTER ASKING QUESTION, SAYING (English): "Do you think Russia will be mentioned as a threat or an adversary in the final statement after the summit?"

18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER, VICTOR ORBAN, SAYING:

"I think Russia is not strong enough to represent a real threat to us, we are far stronger."

19. ORBAN LISTENING TO QUESTION

20. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER, VICTOR ORBAN, SAYING:

"NATO has no business in Ukraine. Ukraine is not member of NATO, neither Russia, and my job is to keep it as it is."

Police could be seen removing and facing off with Extinction Rebellion activists protesters who had gathered in The Hague on Wednesday (June 25) during the NATO summit to protest the organisation’s spending on arms and the war in Gaza. (4991-NATO-SUMMIT/PROTEST)

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21. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WALKING FORWARDS, POLICE PUSHING PROTESTERS

President Donald Trump, on Wednesday (June 25) said he was committed to NATO's Article 5 mutual defence clause during a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on the sidelines of the NATO summit. (5047-NATO-SUMMIT/TRUMP-SCHOOF)

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22. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SEATED WITH DUTCH PRIME MINISTER DICK SCHOOF

23. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING (WHEN ASKED WHERE HE STANDS ON ARTICLE 5):

TRUMP: "I stand with it. That's why I'm here. If I didn't stand with it, I wouldn't be here."

JOURNALIST: "So you would defend countries even if they don't pay up their fair share?"

TRUMP: "Well, what did I just say? Yes, of course. Why would I be here?"

NATO leaders on Wednesday (June 25) backed the big increase in defence spending that U.S. President Donald Trump had demanded, and restated their commitment to defend each other from attack. Secretary General Mark Rutte said Trump deserved "all the praise" for getting members to ramp up spending to 5% of their GDP. (4699-NATO-SUMMIT/RUTTE PRESS CONFERENCE)

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24. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, MARK RUTTE, SAYING:

"With this plan, allies have agreed to invest 5% of GDP in defence. This is a significant commitment in response to significant threats to our security. It includes at least 3.5% of GDP invested in core defence requirements, a benchmark that until today was set at 2%. A target that I'm pleased to say all allies will now meet this year or have already met."

25. RUTTE SPEAKING ON STAGE

26. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, MARK RUTTE, SAYING: (CONTINUES OVER SHOT OF AUDIENCE)

"But I think he's a good friend. And when he is doing stuff which is forcing us to, for example, when it comes to making more investments, I mean, would you ever think that this would be the result of this summit if he would not have been re-elected President? Do you really think that seven or eight countries who said, yes, somewhere in the 2030s, we might meet the 2%? We've now all decided in the last four or five months to get to 2%. So doesn't he deserve some praise? And when it comes to Iran, the fact that he took this decisive action, very targeted, to make sure that Iran would not be able to get its hands on a nuclear capability, I think he deserves all the praise."

U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he would consider supplying Ukraine with more of the Patriot air-defence missiles uses to counter rising Russian strikes, after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday (June 25).

Both leaders said the 50-minute meeting on the sidelines of a NATO summit in The Hague was a positive step in a war now in its fourth year, and which Trump described as "more difficult than other wars". (5071-NATO-SUMMIT/TRUMP-ZELENSKIY-STILLS)

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27. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SHAKING HANDS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

28. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF ZELENSKIY AND TRUMP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and top European leaders in The Hague on Wednesday (June 25) after a long meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit. At the meeting, Rutte reaffirmed the alliance's commitment to Ukraine, while Zelenskiy thanked his allies for continued air defence assistance, calling the summit a sign of "real strong support."

(4959-NATO-SUMMIT/ZELENSKIY-LEADERS)

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29. GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ, FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK TAKING THEIR SEATS IN FRONT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY

30. ZELENSKIY LISTENING

31. RUTTE SPEAKING, SITTING BESIDE MACRON AND ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, GIORGIA MELONI

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged renewed diplomatic efforts to push Russian President Vladimir Putin toward a ceasefire, while speaking to reporters in The Hague. (4701-NATO-SUMMIT/UK PRESS CONFERENCE)

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32. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, KEIR STARMER, SAYING:

“Well, on the question of Ukraine, the position in NATO has not changed, nor has my position changed. In fact, over the last couple of days, I would say in my discussions with leaders, there's been a real resolve, that now is the time to push again to get (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to the table for the unconditional ceasefire. (Ukrainian) President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy has for many weeks now indicated his willingness to go to an unconditional ceasefire. Now is the time for Putin, who's been dragging his heels, to come to the table.”

Spain will meet the new capabilities targets agreed by NATO members in Wednesday's (June 25) summit in The Hague. Sanchez last week asked to opt out of NATO's demand to increase members' defence spending to 5% of their GDP, a request which NATO chief Mark Rutte publicly rebuffed. (5045-NATO-SUMMIT/SPAIN)

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33. SANCHEZ DURING PRESS CONFERENCE

34. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPAIN’S PRIME MINISTER, PEDRO SANCHEZ, SAYING:

“Spain is always the solution, Carlos, it's never the problem. We provide solutions, we defend our positions with conviction, and I believe they are also shared by the majority of our country's society. We're talking about the fact that if we had accepted what was proposed, Spain would have had to allocate more than 300 billion euros between now and 2035. Where do these resources come from? From more taxes on citizens? From cuts to the education system, healthcare, and pensions?”

Speaking at a press conference at the end of a NATO summit in the Netherlands, U.S. President Donald Trump said it had been a "monumental win for the United States". (4708-NATO-SUMMIT/TRUMP PRESS CONFERENCE)

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35. NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS

36. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"This is a monument really to victory, but it's a monumental win for the United States, because we were carrying much more than our fair share - it was quite unfair actually - but this is a big win for Europe and for actually Western civilisation."

37. NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS